Pump.



JULY

ATENTED J. T, RAMSDEN.

PUMP.

APPLICATION FILED Alma, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEBT 1..

PATENTED JULY 14, 1908. J. T. RAMSDEN.

PUMP.

. APPLICATION FILED APR,8,1907.

2 SHBETSSHEET 2.- F? 4 M g1 I 3 tube 12 on its upper end.

JAMES T. RAMSDEN, OF FORT DODGE, IOWA.

PUMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. July 14, 1908.

Application filed April 8, 1907. Serial No. 367,067.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. RAMsDEN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Fort Dodge, Webster county, Iowa, have invented a new and useful Pump, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for removing and replacing a pump cylinder in a well.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved means for detachably connecting a pump cylinder to a well tube and discharge pipe in a well.

A further object of this invention is to provide improved means for guiding a pump cylinder to and from attachment with a well tube and discharge pipe in a well.

A further object of this invention is to provide an improved support for a pump in a well.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of elements, hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in section,

of the upper portion of'my improved pump showing the cylinder located temporarily above ground and out of the well. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the pump support on the indicated line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation, partly in section, of the lower por tion of my pump, showing the cylinder in position for practical use. Fig. 4 is a detail elevation of a guide member employed in my device. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on the indicated line 55 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a cross-section on the indicated line 66 of Fig. 4.

In the construction and mounting of the devices as shown, the numeral 10 designates a base-plate preferably formed by casting in a mold and provided with an elbowshaped tube 11 on its lower end and an elbow-shaped The base-plate 10 also is formed with a rib 13 intermediate of and connecting the tubes 11, 12. The elbow 11 is threaded; in its lowermost opening to receive a well tube or supply pipe 14 and the tube 12 is threaded in its uppermost opening to receive a discharge pipe 15, which discharge pipe extends above ground and carries a tee 16 on its upper end.

A fulcrumed fork 17 is screwed into the tee 16 in alinement with the well tube 1.5 and a pended by means of handle 18 is fulcrumed on said fork. Aspout 19 is screwed into the lateral of the tee '16. A cylinder 20 is provided and the lowermost head 21 of said cylinder is formed with an annular flange 22 adapted to embrace the upper end portion of the tube 11 and a gasket 23 is interposed between them. The cylinder 20 is formed with a lateral discharge port in its upper end portion and said port is surrounded by a collar 24 or flange adapted to embrace the lower end portion of the tube 12, and a gasket 25 (dotted lines Fig. 3) is interposed between them. The cylinder 20 is formed with a hook, stud or lug 26 extending laterally and downwardly between the flanges 22, 24 and the face of the projecting portion of said hook is inclined adjacent the periphery of the cylinder. A fork 27 embraces and is pivoted to the rib 13 by a pin 28 and a stirrup or clevis 29 embraces the base plate 10 and the arms thereof extend across the ends of the pin 28 and are pivoted to the arms of the fork 27 by pins 30, 31. A rod 32 is mounted vertically through an opening 33 in the extremity of the fork 27 and is provided with a weight 34 on its lower end an eye 35 on its upper end and a flange 36 adjacent said eye. The rod 32 is susa draft device 37, such as a wire or chain, leading above ground. The base-plate 10 is formed with an offset 38 within the clevis 29 thus forming a shoulder 39 toward the cylinder 20 below said clevis. A guide-plate 40 is mounted rigidly on the face of the base-plate 10 above the offset 38 and extends to the lower end of the tube 12. The guide-plate 40 is formed with marginal flanges 41, 42 extending toward the cylinder 20 at right angles to the plate for a distance and then diverging on arcs for a distance to embrace the cylinder slightly. The flanges 41, 42 extend upward on opposite sides of the flange 24 of the cylinder to a point above the cylinder and the tube 12 and thence said flanges'blend into a loop or yoke 42' which extends around the discharge pipe 15 and is spaced a considerable distance from said pipe.

The cylinder 20 is provided with the usual valve 43, piston 44, stuffing-box 45 gland 46 and piston-rod 47, shown conventionally in my drawings. The piston-rod is detachably connected at its upper end to the short end of the handle 18. An arm 48 is fixed to and extends laterally from the stuffing-box 45 the base to a platform. A casing 52 is provided and is formed with a flange 53 on its lower endadapted to be secured to the base 50 by bolts 54 and maintain the casing in an upright position. The upper end portion of the casing 52 is circular and it surrounds the discharge pipe 15 and supports the tee 16, screws 55 connecting the pipe and casing, whereby said casing carries the entire pump. The draft device 37 rises through the base 50 and is secured to a hook or lug 56 on the casing at times. That portion of the casing 52 adjacent the piston rod 47 is cut away as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Segmental plates 57 58 are pivoted tothe base adjacent the casing 52 by bolts 59, 60 and meet radially of said casing and are secured normally by a clamping bolt and nut 61 at their outer ends. The plates 57 58 are provided with mating halves of a hole 62 through which the piston rod 47 may pass and be reciprocated.

In practical use the parts of the pump are assembled in and above a well as shown. When it is desired to remove the cylinder 20 for any purpose, the discharge pi e and well tube are not disturbed, but in $611 thereof the following operation is carried out: The clamping nut 61 is loosened and the plates 57 58 are swung laterally in opposite direc-' tions. The piston rod 47 is detached from the handle 18. The draft device 37 is drawn upward and causes the weight 34 to engage the fork 27 and oscillate it. The oscillation of the fork 27 releases the clevis 29 from the hook 26 and permits the closed end of said clevis to drop toward the shoulder 39. Thereupon, the piston rod is agitated manually and shakes the cylinder 20 loose from the tubes 11, 12. Then the cylinder is lifted by the piston rod out of the well, being guided by sliding engagement of the collar 49 on the discharge pipe. The cylinder is raised through the base 50, between the plates 57 58, into the position shown in Fig. 1 and can then be removed from the pump by detaching the arm 48 from the stuffingboX 45. It is to be understood that the discharge pipe and iston rod may be made up of sections coup ed together in any desired manner, the number of sections depending on the length thereof and the de th of the Well. When thecylinder is with rawn into the position shown in Fig. 1, the plates 57 58 may be closed beneath it into the position shown in Fig. 2, to prevent dropping of the cylinder or any of its parts into the well.

The cylinder may be replaced in the position shown in Fig. 3 by lowering it into the well through the medium of the piston rod 47 and guide collar 49. When the cylinder 20 in its descent reaches the yoke 42 it engages with the flanges 41, 42 and is guided by said flanges,-also in engagement with the hook 26, into proper osition with the hook inside the clevis 29 and in contact with the shoulder 39, the guide collar 49 on the tube 12 and the flanges 22, 25 o posite the lateral ends of the tubes 11, am? 12. IVhen in this position the draft device 37 is allowed to descend un. til the shoulder 36 on the rod 32 engages the arm or fork 27 and moves it downward. The downward movement of the fork 27 raises the clevis 29 and causes said clevis to engage the hook 26 and draw the cylinder 20 toward the plate 10 so that the flanges 22, 24 embrace and draw the gaskets 23, 25 into water-tight engagement with the lateral ends of the tubes 11 and 12. Thereafter the plates 57, 58 may be closed and secured around the piston rod 47, said rod be attached to the handle 18, and the pump be used as desired.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a pump, a plate, elbow tubes formed in ends of said plate, alining water pipes communicating with opposite ends of said tubes, a cylinder communicating between its ends with lateral ends of said tubes, a guide slidingly connecting said plate and cylinder, clamping means connecting said cylinder to the plate auxiliary to the guide,

and draft devices engaging said clamping means for releasing said cylinder from the late. p 2. In a pump, a base plate, elbow tubes in ends of said late, water pipes communicating with sai tubes, a cylinder communicating laterally with said elbow tubes, a collar on said cylinder loosely embracing and slidingly engaging one of said pipes above said plate, a clamp mounted for oscillation on said plate and engaging said cylinder, said clamp gravity held in operative osition, and draft devices engaging said 0 amp and adapted for manual actuation to release said clamp from said cylinder.

3. In a pump a late, a cylinder, a hook on said cylinder, a c evis on said plate adapted to engage said hook and means for oscil lating said clevis.

4. In a ump, a plate, a guide on said plate, a cy inder a hook on said cylinder, a clevis on. said plate ada ted to engage said hook and means for osci ating said clevis.

5. In a pump, a base-plate, a guide thereon, a cylinder, a guide collar on the cylinder, a hook on the cylinder, a clevis on the plate adapted to engage said hook and means for oscillating said clevis.

6. In a pump, a base-plate having elbow tubes in its ends, water-pipes communicating with said tubes, a cylinder communicating with said tubes, a guide-collar on said cylinder embracing one of said pipes, a guide on the plate, a hook on the cylinder and depipe, plates hinged to said base adjacent said tachable connections between said hook and casing and adapted to close around a pump late. rod, and means for clamping said plates to 7. In a pump, a base, a casing rising from said base. 5 said base and cut away on one side, and Signed by me at Fort Dodge, Iowa, this 15 plates pivoted to said base adjacent said 28th day of December, 1906.

JAMES T. RAMSDEN.

casingv 87 In a pump, a base, a casing rising from Witnesses: said base and cut away on one s1de,sa1d cas- P. L. LARsoN,

10 ing adapted to engage and support a water- E. H. WILLIAMS, 

